Monday, July 30, 2012

Howl at the Full Moon Swim Wednesday Evening

Next Swims: Mon 7/30 6PM, Tue 7/31 6AM & 6PM, Wed 8/1 6AM
Wed 8/1: Howl at the Moon Swim, be on the beach and ready to swim at 7:30PM
Full moon rises over the lake at 7:41PM.
I could be persuaded to go Lisa's for pizza afterwards

After several days of very choppy and challenging water, this morning was warm, clear, and calm. Swimming seemed completely effortless. Cap'n and me cruised the 3/4 mile to flat rock in no time and the trip back was just as quick and easy. A beautiful sunrise over the lake added to the ambiance.

The amazing streak of warm water continues. We are only seven swims short of 500 individual swims for the season. I'll have to go back and check, but I'm quite sure we've never come anywhere close to that by the end of July. Also, because of the warm water we have many more skin swims than usual and soon we'll have more skin swims than wetsuit swims. Currently the skin count is 243 and the wetsuit count is 248. Normally August would be the best month for swimming in Lake Michigan, but it's hard to see how August could beat this incredible July.